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Whitecross Street
North from Fore Street to Old Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, except the northern portion, whic...
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King's Head Court
1) North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Only partly bui...
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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King's Head Court, Widegate Street
Out of Widegate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
There is a cour...
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King's Court
1) North out of Half Moon Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
Site now occupied by ...
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The King's Head, Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.
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Little King's Head Court
Near Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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New King's Head Court
In Houndsditch, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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The King's Head, Cheapside
See The Crowned Seld.
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King's Head Inn
1) On the west side of the Old Change, at No.17, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816...
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King's Head Tavern
On the east side of Chancery Lane, with a passage south to Fleet Street (Rocque, 1746).
Site has be...
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
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Kings
of Judah and Israel. For the list see table at the end of this volume.
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King's Arms Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Fleet Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
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Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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Bore's Head Court, Gracechurch Street
See Boar's Head Court.
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Baptist's Head Court
East out of Whitecross Street in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
First mention: P.C. 1732.
F...
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Boar's Head Court
1) East out of Gracechurch Street at No. 80 by Leadenhall Market (Elmes, 1831).
First mention: "Bor...
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Bores Head Court
1) South out of Fleet Street, west of Water Lane.
See Boar's Head Court.
2) South-east out of Cow ...
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Buck's Head Court
South out of Great Distaff Lane, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Removed for the...
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Bull Head Court
1) East out of Snow Hill, near the Conduit, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in...
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Bull's Head Court
East out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1912).
See Bloomfield...
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Caesar's Head Court
In Crutched Friars (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Cock's Head Court
West out of Golden Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : "Cook...
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Cook's Head Court
See Cock's Head Court.
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Duke's Head Court
East out of White Cross Street at No. 42, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
...
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Nagg's Head Court
West out of Bartholomew Lane, in Broad Street Ward (O. and 31. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Not mention...
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Nag's Head Court
1) North out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without, opposite Green Dragon Court (O. and M. 1677-B...
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Pope's Head Court
In Bell Yard (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.
...
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Queen's Head Court
1) East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C 1732-L.C.C. List, 1901).
Site now o...
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Ram's Head Court
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
"Rams Head Alley" ...
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White Head Court
In Duke's Place (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.
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-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood.
...
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Head
·noun Power; armed force.
II. Head ·noun The antlers of a deer.
III. Head ·noun Tiles laid at the ...
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head
n.
the rammer for crushing quartz ingold-mining.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.7:
«Forty addi...
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head
face ; I told him to his head, I told him to his face. Berks.
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head
The upper part or end of anything, as a mast-head, a timber-head. Also, an ornamental figure on a sh...
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White Rose Alley, Whitecross Street
Mentioned in L.C.C. List, 1901.
See White Rose Place.
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King's Street, Water Lane
See Pav'd Alley.
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Bagnio Court Street
See Roman Bath Street.
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Fleet Street Court
In Fleet Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Nag's Head Court, Lower Thames Street
See Wilson's Yard.
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King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane
See London Tavern, Mark Lane.
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King's Bench
·- Formerly, the highest court of common law in England;
— so called because the king used to sit t...
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King's dale
Mentioned only in Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18, the name given to "the valley of Shaveh," where the king...
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King's Alley
In Gutter Lane, in precincts of St. Martin's le Grand.
Mentioned in Survey of Rents, etc. (30-33 H....
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King's Arms
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No.128 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
At the cor...
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King's Bench
See Prisons.
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The King's Brewhouse
East out of St. Katherine's in East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by warehouses.
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The King's Wardrobe
Between Carter Lane north and St. Andrew's Church south, Puddle Dock Hill west and Addle Hill east. ...
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The Three Kings
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the pos...
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king's plate
Fetters.
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king's pictures
Coin, money.
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king's bencher
The busiest of the galley orators: also galley-skulkers.
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king's own
All the articles supplied from the royal magazines, and marked with the broad arrow. Salt beef or ju...
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king's parade
A name given to the quarter-deck of a man-of-war, which is customarily saluted by touching the hat w...
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The Boar's Head, Thames Street
House called the Boar's Head in Billingsgate Ward came into the King's hands under the Statute for a...
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Blew Bores Head Court
See Blue Boar Head Alley.
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
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Court
·noun The session of a judicial assembly.
II. Court ·noun Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecc...
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Court
The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh....
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court
In New England this word is applied to a legislative body composed of a House of Representatives and...
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Court
(Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most co...
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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship.
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(St.) Andrew's Court, Temple Street
West out of Glasshouse Alley, Temple Street in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1875).
First mention: ...
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Angel Court, Hart Street
See New London Street.
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Angel Court, Throgmorton Street
North out of Throgmorton Street at No. 34a (P.O. Directory).
It leads to Copthall Court and is in B...
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Baker's Court, Middlesex Street
West out of Middlesex Street at No. 16, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816-O.S. 1875). Between Hutchiso...
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Ball Court, Giltspur Street
East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Collmgwood, 1907).
First mention: O. and M...
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Ball Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912) at No. 15 (Lockie, 1810).
...
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Bartholomew Court, Throgmorton Street
See Throgmorton Court.
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Castle Court, Threadneedle Street
See Bank Street.
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Church Court, Fenchurch Street
See Church Row.
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Crown Court, Cartwright Street
At the south-east end of Cartwright Street, the eastern side leading into Butler's Buildings, Upper ...
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Crown Court, Throgmorton Street
See White Lyon Court.
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Falcon Court, Throgmorton Street
See Faulcon Court.
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French Court, Broad Street
See Hercules' Passage.
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Green Court, Coleman Street
See Basinghall Avenue.
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Green's Court, Coleman Street
See Basinghall Avenue.
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Guildhall Court, Basinghall Street
See Evans' Court.
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Hartshorn Court, Leadenhall Street
See Hartshorn Alley.
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Helmet Court, Wormwood Street
South out of Wormwood Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward and Bishopsgate Ward W...
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Hide's Court, Noble Street
See Hind Court.
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John's Court, Somerset Street
East out of Somerset Street at No. 16. A portion only is in Portsoken Ward (London Guide, 1758-Elmes...
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Katherine Court, Throgmorton Street
See Catherine Court1.
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Kingshead Court, Coleman Street
See King's Arms Yard.
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Montford's Court, Milk Street
See Mumford Court.
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Moorcroft's Court, Fleet Street
See Morecroft's Court.
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New Broad Street Court
On the east side of Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S.1880).
The site is now...
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New Court, Throgmorton Street
South out of Throgmorton Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.8 (P.O. Directory).
First mention; O. ...
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Nonesuch Court, Gracechurch Street
See Holden's Court.
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Oxford Court, Camomile Street
See Great Oxford Court; Little Oxford Court.
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Plow Court, Lombard Street
See Plough Court.
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Queen's Court, Aldersgate Street
See Queen Square.
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Richards' Court, Lime Street
See Riches Court.
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Robinson's Court, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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Rose Court, Tower Street
South out of Great Tower Street at No. 41. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O. and...
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Weld Court, Queen Street
See Well Court.
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Willis' Court, Brackley Street
North out of Brackley Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in ...
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Goat's Head Alley, Skinner Street
See Angel Place.
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Queen's Head Alley, Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.
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Ram's Head Inn, Fenchurch Street
See Ram Inn1.
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Addle-head
·noun ·Alt. of Addle-pate.
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Cittern-head
·noun Blockhead; dunce;
— so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved hea...
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Cubbridge-head
·noun A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
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Death's-head
·noun A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of de...
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
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Feather-head
·noun A frivolous or featherbrained person.
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Giddy-head
·noun A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
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Head gear
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>.
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
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Head-lugged
·adj Lugged or dragged by the head.
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Hot-head
·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Pope's head
·add. ·- A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, ·etc., also for washing windows.
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Shock-head
·adj Shock-headed.
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Snake's-head
·noun The Guinea-hen flower;
— so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales ...
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Torsion head
·add. ·- That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
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Tough-head
·noun The ruddy duck.
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Tow-head
·noun The hooded merganser.
II. Tow-head ·noun An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
III. Tow-head...
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Turk's-head
·add. ·noun The melon cactus.
II. Turk's-head ·add. ·noun Any of several species of Echinocactus.
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Woolly-head
·noun A <<Negro>>.
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Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, re...
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Head-dress
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
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The Boar's Head
On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap, at Nos. 20-22, near the...
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Bore's Head
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87).
Boar's Head, Cripplegate,...
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
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Moryan's Head
In Bread Street, given to the Parish of All Hallows, 9 Eliz. (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
No la...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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The Rammes Head
Brewhouse of Roger James called "The Rammes Head" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1591 (Maskell, p...
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Saracen's Head
1) See The Horse Head and King's Head.
2) South out of Little Carter Lane in parish of St. Mary Mag...
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cod's head
A stupid fellow.
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head rails
Teeth.
SEA PHRASE.
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jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
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sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
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swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. T...
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
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leather-head
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.), Philemon corniculatus, Lath.See Tropidorhynchus.
1847. ...
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maori-head
n.
a swamp tussock, so called froma fancied resemblance to the head of a Maori. (Compare Black-boy....
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nigger-head
n.
1) Name given in New Zealandto hard blackstones found at the Blue Spur and other miningdistricts...
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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head-cheese
The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
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gattle-head
a forgetful person. S.
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...
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billet-head
A carved prow bending in and out, contrariwise to the fiddle-head (scroll-head). Also, a round piece...
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black-head
The pewitt-gull (Larus ridibundus).
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blether-head
A blockhead.
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boulder-head
A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden stakes.
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bull-head
, or bull-jub
A name of the fish called miller's thumb (Cottus gobio).
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cat-head
The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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dun-head
In east-country barges the after-planking which forms the cabin.
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family-head
When the stem was surmounted with several full-length figures, as was the custom many years ago.
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fell-head
The top of a mountain not distinguished by a peak.
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...
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floor-head
This, in marine architecture, is the third diagonal, terminating the length of the floors near the b...
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futtock-head
In ship-building, is a name for the 5th, the 7th, and the 9th diagonals, the intervening bevellings ...
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gilt-head
, or gilt-poll.
The Sparus aurata, a fish of the European and American seas, with a golden mark be...
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grey-head
A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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head-boards
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails.
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head-cringles
Earing-cringles at the upper clues or corners of a sail.
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head-earings
The laniards to haul out the earings. (See earings.)
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head-fast
A rope or chain employed to fasten the head of a ship or boat to a wharf or buoy, or to some other v...
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head-holes
The eyelet-holes where the rope-bands of a sail are fitted; they are worked button-hole fashion, ove...
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head-knees
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
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head-netting
An ornamental netting used in merchant ships instead of the fayed planking to the head-rails.
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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head-pump
A small pump fixed at the vessel's bow, its lower end communicating with the sea: it is mostly used ...
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head-quarters
The place where the general, or commanding officer, takes up his quarters. Also, the man-of-war, or ...
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head-rails
The short rails of the head, extending from the back of the figure to the cat-head: equally useful a...
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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head-sails
A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...
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head-sea
A name given to the waves when they oppose a ship's course, as the ship must rise over, or cut throu...
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head-sheets
Specially jibs and staysail sheets, before the fore-mast.
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging.
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ram-head
An old word for halliard-block.
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rudder-head
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...
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scroll-head
A slightly curved piece of timber bolted to the knees of the head, in place of a figure: finished of...
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skunk-head
An American coast-name for the pied duck.
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